ETF comparison
SHV vs VGSH
Both US Treasury (Short).
iShares 0–1 Year Treasury Bond ETF · Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
2 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SHV and VGSH would leave roughly 1.9% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VGSH is 12 bps cheaper than SHV. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/yr more in fees for SHV.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with SHV vs VGSH.
Top shared holdings
2 shared in total| # | Holding | In SHV | In VGSH | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | 0.97% | 1.26% | 0.97% |
| 2 | United States of America | 0.95% | 1.20% | 0.95% |
Only in SHV
61 total- United States of America 4.95%
- United States of America 4.49%
- United States of America 4.42%
- United States of America 4.23%
- United States of America 4.10%
- United States of America 3.74%
- United States of America 3.54%
- United States of America 3.34%
- United States of America 3.30%
- United States of America 3.23%
Only in VGSH
89 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.24%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.40%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.35%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.31%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.30%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.29%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.26%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.25%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.25%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.25%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with SHV
- SHV vs SHY · iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF 1.0%
- SHV vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 0.4%
- SHV vs TBIL · F/m US Treasury 3 Month Bill Fund - ETF Class Shares 0.2%
- SHV vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- SHV vs BNDX · Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- SHV vs GOVT · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF 0.0%
More comparisons with VGSH
- VGSH vs GBIL · Goldman Sachs Access Treasury 0-1 Year ETF 1.3%
- VGSH vs MUNI · PIMCO Intermediate Municipal Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund 1.2%
- VGSH vs VUSB · Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF 1.2%
- VGSH vs JCPB · JPMorgan Core Plus Bond ETF 0.7%
- VGSH vs ICSH · iShares Ultra Short Duration Bond Active ETF 0.7%
- VGSH vs FBND · Fidelity Total Bond ETF 0.4%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
Open SHV or VGSH at a brokerage
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions
matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.